How to Use tie-up in a Sentence

tie-up

1 of 2 noun
  • Of course, simply releasing a tie-up isn’t all there is to it.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This January, a judge agreed and stopped the tie-up in its tracks.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Cohen would be the tie-up’s CEO.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 May 2026
  • With 8 seconds left Horne made one of two tries and a tie-up was called on the miss.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That response set the stage for the deeper tie-up now underway.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ugg and Palace have come together for their latest tie-up.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • These types of tie-ups have only grown since the pandemic when hotel stays were down.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • And the lack of blockbuster cross-border tie-ups is grinding some gears within the bloc.
    — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Some analysts already see the tie-up as inevitable.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • Those tie-ups delay delivery of more than $1 billion worth of freight on those trucks each day.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Thanks to one recent tie-up Podeo now makes its podcasts available in Dubai taxis.
    — David Prosser, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The tie-up, if completed, could be announced as soon as Wednesday.
    — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The end of the 12-year tie-up with Stonewall was confirmed in August.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Gray missed a shot in the lane but, following a tie-up, the Aces won a jump ball to set up the go-ahead shot.
    — ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • In addition to women’s styles, the tie-up will mark his brand’s entry into men’s footwear.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • At the same time, the bank is striving to appeal to younger clients by pursuing tie-ups with celebrity events.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • There are too many who instead throw on their blinker and try to cut in line which only worsens the traffic tie-up.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
  • This tie-up will bring two to three mainstream and auteur animated features a year.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Yang cited the complementary strengths of both platforms as the basis for the tie-up.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • The Google tie-up is not the only co-creation partnership unveiled this month.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The first was particularly brutal, with more tie-ups and more off-the-mark passing.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The Sweeney partnership is not the first time a celebrity tie-up has helped drive shares of a company.
    — Aishwarya Venugopal, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • Nikkei first reported the news of a potential tie-up Tuesday.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The Meta tie-up assumes that AMD shares are just at the start of a longer rally.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In the photo, the actor wears a black sweatshirt paired with white jeans and a pair of tie-up boots, completing the look with a pair of shades.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The zippered door also has a tie-up option, so you won't be hindered while watering and checking on new growth.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2026
  • Try a pair of tie-up knee-high boots in a similar shade with your trench coat, and layer a button-down underneath with a long skirt.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 May 2024
  • The same can be said of several of Novo Nordisk’s other recent tie-ups.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 May 2025
  • Fishman’s top candidate for a tie-up would merge Fox and WBD.
    — David Bloom, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Execs at both companies see the tie-up as a merger of equals, not one party acquiring the other.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024

tie up

2 of 2 verb
  • That case is now tied up in court.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • It’s tied up in the courts right now.
    — NBC news, 31 May 2026
  • Her body was stripped naked, tied up, and dumped in the woods.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
  • All of the surgeons seem tied up.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • He was then tied up and beaten.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • You’re not tied up into any knots.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Are boats allowed to tie up this year?
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Your money might be tied up for years.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Your money might be tied up for years.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • He was punched in the stomach and tied up.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • At the end, nothing's tied up in a bow.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • There was and is a sense of love, but love tied up in so much else.
    — Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
  • Then on moving day, tie up the fronds and dig a large root ball.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • She was tied up and abandoned, but she was found and brought to us.
    — Teryn Jones, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Take the time to tie up loose ends and get your house back in order.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And now the show has one more season to tie up all these loose ends.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • In a lot of those, the cases sort of tie up in one episode, right?
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The union filed a lawsuit, and the case has been tied up in court since.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • The case is still tied up in federal court.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The ratings had been tied up in a court battle.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • They had been tied up, stacked on top of each other and each shot in the head.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • So many loose threads with Colton were tied up in this finale.
    — Megan Vick, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The lawsuit remains tied up in the courts.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Oak Flat mine has been tied up in the courts for years.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • You’re paid for the risk of tying up money.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That neatly ties up more than one issue.
    — Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Lawsuits could keep the matter tied up for years.
    — Sean Tucker, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • You’re tied up to a bathroom sink and spot a bottle of pills.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Some of those gates are still tied up in bankruptcy court.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 June 2026
  • The truth is the suffering is all tied up – yours and theirs.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 29 July 2023

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